Penny Wong

Meanwhile, the former prime minister of the small Pacific nation has criticised the New Zealand government for embracing gas drilling.

A special adviser Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin has been appointed to engage with Israel.

‘There’s a war going on. Wars are awful.’

Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said the strike was a tragic incident and unintentional.

The Foreign Ministry confirms Wong’s silence on Falun Gong during CCP visit.

The challenge of responding to the CCP’s human rights atrocities, while trying to manage trade ties is not new.

Stay informed with our live updates on the Chinese Communist Party’s diplomatic visit to Australia.

Three senior public servants should have been sacked by the incoming Albanese government, the former prime minister said.

Penny Wong said Australia is ‘deeply concerned’ about the loss of life and diminishing safe space for Palestinians in Gaza.

‘The Australian government will be communicating our response in the strongest terms,’ said Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong.

Australia recently announced it would pause funding to the U.N. Relief Works Agency amid alleged Hamas involvement

Australia has also agreed to send a team to New Zealand to discuss the sharing of top secret technology.

The United States, the United Kingdom, and several other nations have also paused funding to the United Nations body.

However, Opposition Home Affairs spokesman James Paterson has sought assurance taxpayer dollars will not end up in the hands of Hamas.

The opposition has raised concerns about the need to visit the sites of the Hamas massacre in Israel.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong acknowledges Australia would have preferred the resolution to mention the Hamas attack on Oct. 7.

Shadow foreign minister Simon Birmingham would like the Prime Minister to raise the issue of anti-Semitism at national cabinet.

United States and the United Kingdom abstained from the vote because it did not condemn Hamas